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  • More work, less play for Israel's endangered dolphins

    March 16, 2010 - A new Israeli study finds that commercial fishing endangers Mediterranean dolphins, and that unlike dolphins elsewhere, they spend more time searching for food than socializing. ...
  • Rethinking climate change under the Israeli sun

    March 14, 2010 - Three major studies by Israeli researchers on climate change in the Middle East shed new light on various aspects of global warming and how we should contend with them. ...
  • Israel's ancient trees tell their tales [Video]

    March 09, 2010 - Growing for hundreds of years, Israel's oldest trees have borne witness to some of the key moments in the country's history. Each of them has a unique story to tell. ...
  • Animals change size and shape as result of climate change

    March 07, 2010 - Animals and birds all over the world are changing their body weight as part of a survival strategy to deal with global warming, an Israeli professor has discovered. ...
  • Uncompromising crop protection from Israel

    March 04, 2010 - Slow-release herbicides that minimize damage to water and soil, and a mild insecticide that has no effect on beneficial insects are both being developed in Israel. ...
  • BrightSource gets a billion

    March 01, 2010 - With over $1 b. in US government loans, Israel's BrightSource will build the world's largest solar energy project in California, doubling the solar thermal electricity produced in the US today. ...
  • Bees prefer "coffee and a cigarette" with their nectar

    February 25, 2010 - Research carried out in Israel suggests that bees prefer nectar that contains caffeine and nicotine. ...
  • Better Place electric cars to debut in Israel

    February 23, 2010 - Israel will be the first country to install Better Place's cutting edge network for electric cars, touted as affordable and attractive alternatives to combustion engine and hybrid vehicles. ...
  • Shed weight with a 'filling' pill

    February 22, 2010 - With its super-absorbent polymers, Exotech may help you shed weight without surgery, grow crops with less water and heal wounds more quickly. ...
  • Putting a scorpion sting in your pesticide

    February 15, 2010 - An Israeli researcher is modifying the toxins in scorpion venom in an attempt to create an ecologically sound insecticide that won't harm honeybees or humans. ...
  • Israel's top ten water technology companies

    February 04, 2010 - A serious lack of potable water has forced Israel to create a flourishing water technology industry. ISRAEL21c brings you the country's top 10 water companies. ...
  • Coriolis scales up for the wind

    January 28, 2010 - An alternative energy company, Israel's Coriolis is targeting the $40 billion medium-scale wind solution market, with smaller turbines that take up less room, are cheaper, and can grow with customer needs. ...
  • Israel's south could be global clean tech's beta site

    January 26, 2010 - While Israel still has work ahead to develop its own clean tech, organizers of the Renewable Energy Conference in Eilat tout the country as a global beta site. ...
  • Israel and Texas to collaborate where they click

    January 18, 2010 - The states of Israel and Texas have much to share when it comes to alternative energy sources such as solar and hydro power, as $1b in investment potential attests. ...
  • A drone that hones in on leaky pipes at home

    January 11, 2010 - An economical, airborne solution from an Israeli company could save up to a fifth of the urban water lost through leaky pipes. ...
  • Riding and holding the waves

    January 06, 2010 - It can harness 20 times more energy than any other wave technology in existence today and also produce carbon-free desalinated water. How? Israel's Seanergy 'holds the waves.' ...
  • Israel’s water tech hits the Valley

    December 27, 2009 - Mekorot, Israel's national water carrier and water tech company that spurred last year's $1.4 billion in water exports, is about to enter the drier regions of California. ...
  • Keeping the bugs from 'bugging' your veggies

    December 21, 2009 - When an epidemic hit Israel's tomato industry, a netting expert came up with a solution to protect the crops from insect pests, inadvertently creating a new multi-million dollar industry. ...
  • Israeli rodents are more cautious than Jordanian ones

    December 14, 2009 - Joint studies by Israeli and Jordanian scientists reveal that it is human behavior that influences the differences between animal species on the two sides of the border. ...
  • Launching little pigs to fix leaky pipes

    December 09, 2009 - An Israeli company may save up to 30 percent of the 88 billion liters of water lost to pinhole leaks in pipes all over the world, every day. ...

Did You Know?

March 16, 2010 - Israeli company Brightsource has won over $1 billion in US government loans to build the world’s largest solar energy project in California , doubling the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the US today.

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